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Eligibility Debate
Lone Star
1996, John Sayles
John Sayles' look at two generations of racial tensions and murder along the Texas/Mexico border focused on two sheriffs; the present day Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) and four decades before his father Buddy Deeds (Matthew McConaughey), the local legend in whose shadow Sam lives.
Skeletal remains are found out in the desert and seem to point to a long vanished local sheriff, Charlie Wade (Kris Kristofferson), the corrupt, violent, racist who held the position before Sam's father. Layers of lies and secrets are revealed about the romances and terrors of that county.
The IMDb lists it as a Drama, Mystery.
It surely has the trappings of a modern day Western, but does it utilize enough of the tropes and structure of the genre to be considered for our list? I LOVE this movie. To me it is Sayles' masterwork and the in-camera transitions between the timelines are wonderful. But I would also classify it as a mystery much more than a Western, though like many of John Sayles' films it defies easy classification..
I would lean towards exclusion, myself, but I am not the final arbiter, nor is the IMDb. What say you, MoFos?
We have two eligible votes and two ineligible votes so far. Let's see if we can get another four or five folks to weigh in?
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